Author's note: This story takes place shortly after the last episode of Season 1: Auld Acquaintance. When the text is italized, it indicates speech through Megan's link.

Megan and Conner were getting ready for school, when Batman and Black Canary walked in. Batman handed Megan a note and stated, "Give this to your teacher. Conner give Megan any homework you need turned in and go change into your uniform."

"Why?" Conner asked.

"What's going on?" Megan added confused. Batman sounded a little tense, but it was hard to tell if he actually was or just his normal level of instense.

Black Canary explained seeming a bit confused herself, "We need to hurry. Batman worked very hard to get access for this, but the window is for today only. Please get moving. I'll explain shortly."

Conner shrugged and handed Megan his backpack. Megan stood bewildered as she was left alone.

In the briefing room, Megan overheard a mildly annoyed Batman telling Canary, "They did this on purpose, choosing a school day. They thought we wouldn't pull any of them out of school for a mere training session."

"Are Mirror's abilities really going to help Superboy and the others?" Black Canary asked.

Batman nodded, "This isn't just for the team. That council has Mirror hidden away for a reason. Here is the portal key and I have another. The entrance is at the main library in Happy Harbor, in the second floor's stain-glass window." Megan watched as Batman turned away from Canary and used the zedda tube without another word. Canary sighed, she was used to Batman's reaction to his own negative emotions.

Superboy walked in, "I'm ready. Where are we going?"

"We are going to meet with a special trainer. We will be gone for most of the day, unless of course, there's a mission."

He nodded and followed Canary out. Once the mountain was clear, Megan went to the computer to have a peak at the file of this Mirror person. She was surprised to find that all information about someone called Mirror classified. She had little choice but to go to school alone. The note she was given was a mere doctor's note and the teachers asked no did her best to focus, but her mind kept going back to Superboy and the mysterious Mirror.

Once school was over Megan rushed back to the island, but Conner wasn't back yet. Zatanna was and Megan asked her, "Have you heard of someone named Mirror?"

"No, why?"

"Well, Superboy was taken for a training with him, but the computer wouldn't tell me anything about him. It was classified," she explained finally able to voice her concerns.

"Odd?"

"What's odd?" Robin asked, followed by the rest of team. "A mission?"

"Where's Superboy?" Kid Flash asked looking around.

Megan sighed and explained, "Black Canary took him this morning, by Batman's orders, for special training with someone whose file is classified."

"Why don't you reach out and say hello?" Rocket asked tapping her temple.

Megan frowned uncertain why she hadn't tried that early. "It might be too far." She tried anyway and what she got were terrible flashes. She saw through Superboy's eyes a figure made of crystal or something like it preparing to attack him. Black Canary was struggling with bonds made of the same substance as the figure. Behind both was a cloaked and hooded person chanting, surrounded by containers of liquids, and flanked by a snarling monster.

"Conner?" she thought to him.

"Not now, got to save Canary," he thought back. Then something cut her link like a wall appearing before her mind.

Megan came back to herself gasping, "They're in trouble."

Aqualad braced her and demanded, "What did you see?"

Megan explained what little she had been able to get. "We need to help them."

"But how do we find them?" Artemis pointed out.

"Batman had another key to that Mirror person's place and it's in Happy Harbor," Megan insisted.

"That's a start." Robin smiled, "I'll see if I can get it." He left quickly.

The others quickly changed and prepared for the mission. Soon Robin returned fingering the key and the team slipped out of Mount Justice.

When they arrived at the library, the team quietly made their way to the only stain-glass window on the second floor. "Where are we supposed to put the key?" Rocket asked.

They all examined the window closely, and then Robin stepped back and grinned, "Oh, that's clever."

"What?" the others demanded.

"The image is of a locked gate." Robin stepped up to the window and pressed the key against the glass that formed the base of a lock. He turned it.

"Can that really…?" Kid Flash asked. The glass panels rippled out and the metal frame twisted till they made a frame about the size of a standard door. Within the frame the glass continued to gently ripple.

"A portal gate," Zatanna said surprised. She reached out and tapped the moving glass, which reacted like water.

"So, where's it go?" Artemis asked concerned pulling out her bow.

"Don't know," Zatanna admitted. "Father hadn't taught me about them yet."

"Great. Unknown location. Unknown territory. Unknown enemy," she replied looking dubious at the portal and muttered, "What could possibly go wrong?"

Megan frowned, "I still can't reach Superboy."

"Then let's go," Robin said arming himself. He stepped through the portal and vanished. One by one the team entered.

The portal exited into a beautifully manicured courtyard that was surrounded by tall hedges with four archways. Then the portal closed behind the last team member. "Robin?" Zatanna shouted picking up his weapon. He was nowhere in sight.

"So, where are we? Where's this Mirror man?" Artemis asked setting an arrow to her bow. The team got into a defensive ring.

Aqualad looked through the four archways carefully. "I believe, we should split up and search these paths. Megan and I will go South. Kid Flash and Artemis, East. Rocket and Zatanna, West. If you find anything, contact Megan."

"What about the North path?"

"It looks more dangerous. If we find nothing, we will regroup here and search that path together."

The team separated and began their search.

Down the Eastern Path, Artemis was torn between being amused and annoyed with Kid Flash's constant chatter. "Please stop."

"Stop what?" Kid Flash asked.

"Talking, we're on a mission."

"What about…?" Kid Flash began and stopped when Artemis glared at him. Kid Flash pointed down the path. There was a tiled section in the dirt path that she could have sworn wasn't there a moment before.

Artemis shrugged, "Ok, where did that come from?" She approached it carefully, but there was no one but them around.

"Hey," Kid Flash said grabbing her elbow. "Don't go near it, remember what happened the last time we touched something in a mage's house."

"Yes, but this is a friend of Batman's, right?" Artemis countered and stepped onto it. "See." Then the tiles glowed and with a thunderclap both Artemis and the tiles were gone.

"Artemis! I don't see," Kid Flash shouted and called to Megan. "Meg, Artemis just vanished."

Down the Western path, Zatanna and Rocket were alert but conversing. "So, why do you think this Mirror man is classified?" Rocket asked noting the grounds were well maintained.

Zatanna shrugged, "Batman always has a reason and so far all good ones. But I am worry."

"About what?"

"Where is this Mirror? He should know by now we are here, in his home and do something. Unless he is also in trouble."

"True, we also don't know if he lives alone." Rocket nodded and looked ahead, "Where did that come from?" A small statue of gold encrusted with jewels sat in the middle of their path. Rocket scanned the area but there was no one in sight.

"No idea," Zatanna replied cautiously approaching the statue. Rocket reached out to it. "Hey, don't touch it."

"Why not?"

"It's not yours and it's a little odd being here, right?" she warned.

"Oh please, I just want a better look," Rocket picked it up. "I'll put it right…" With flash of light and the sound of thunder, Rocket was gone.

"So, this Mirror is into trap spells. Great!" she snapped and mentally called, "Megan…"

"Both Artemis and Rocket have vanished. Half our team is missing."

"Stay calm, Megan. I don't like this either," Aqualad said remaining calm. "Tell the others to head back to the courtyard."

She relayed the order and the others agreed. Megan was very worried. "What is going on? Is this Mirror's doing or someone else?"

"I'm not sure, but we need to be careful. We can't lose anyone else."

"Lose?"

Aqualad winced and quickly reassured her, "I'm sure they are all right."

They headed back along the path. Then they stopped hearing something hiss nearby. Behind them a large lizard stepped through the brush onto the path. The lizard was the size of a cow with orange scales, and as it focused on Aqualad and Megan it opened its mouth and hissed with a plume of fire blazing between its fanged jaws.

"Run!" Aqualad shouted as they felt the heat of the flame. When they turned to run, the lizard half-slithered half-ran toward them. Megan took to the air hoping to confuse it. "Stay in sight," Aqualad ordered. The lizard focused on Aqualad.

"Aqualad! There's like a river to your right," Megan said. She lifted a boulder and threw it at the lizard.

Aqualad changed directions, "Megan, stay with me." He dove in and headed up the river. The lizard stopped at the shoreline and just looked at the water.

Megan threw another boulder at the lizard again and it vanished with no sign it had ever been there. She paused and tried to locate Aqualad, but he didn't response to her call. "Oh no."

Kid Flash ran as fast as he could back to the courtyard. After searching for Artemis with no luck, he was very worried. He saw the archway ahead of him and called to Megan, "I'm almost to the courtyard. How is everyone else coming along?"

In a small voice, she replied, "Aqualad's gone. What is going on?"

Kid Flash slowed and told her, "Come back to the courtyard. We'll face this together."

"Trap spells, guys," Zatanna warned. "This place is loaded with them for some reason. Maybe this Mirror man's paranoid."

"Then let's be super careful," Kid Flash said.

"Right, don't touch anything out of the ordinary. I'm on my way."

"Flying over," Megan sent.

Kid Flash got to the archway and a net appeared over it. He had too much momentum to stop. "No, net archway," he warned the others as he hit. The net wrapped around him and with a flash of light and thunderclap, Kid Flash was gone.

"No, no, no." Megan could hardly believe that it had happened again. "Zatanna, stay where you are. I'm coming to you."

"Agreed," she said. "These traps are strange."

"Strange? How?"

"If this Mirror is a friend of Batman's, why are we triggering the trap spells that protect his place?"

"So what do we do?"

Megan heard nothing for a time and assumed she was thinking it over. When Zatanna answered, her voice was wary, "Maybe we need to convince the security that we're friends of Mirror's instead of trespassers or thieves."

"How can we do that? This isn't like Dr. Nelson's home. It didn't ask us any questions," Megan said being very careful as she flew over the gardens.

"Well, maybe we just need the pass code, magically speaking." Zatanna paused a moment. "Let me try something."

"Wait!" Megan demanded, "Let me get to you. We can't get separated."

"All right, calm down."

Zatanna kept her word and Megan was relieved she was still there when she floated down to her. "Ok, now what are you going to try?"

"It's a relatively easy spell. I'm basically going to tell what is guarding this place that I vow no harm to those who live here and request to meet them."

"Don't you mean us?" Megan asked.

"Right… I'll need to change a couple words," She said thinking it over. "Ok, I got it. Wish me luck." Zatanna spread arms and chanted her spell. There was a stillness in the air and energy hung around them. Then they heard a bell chime. "That's a good sign." Light flashed around Zatanna and when it faded Megan was alone.

"You have got to be kidding me," Megan snapped about at the end of her patience. She searched the courtyard, surrounding gardens, statues, and small stone buildings. She was careful to avoid anything unusual. She lost track time and grew more frustrated as there were no signs of anyone else but her and no way out. Finally, she made the decision to try to trigger a trap and hopefully regroup with the team.

She remembered one of the stone sheds had strange symbols carved into the doorframe. She hadn't entered because she was being so cautious. Now she returned to it, determined to find her friends, rescued Superboy from the hooded person, and give that Mirror man a piece of her mind. She glared at the door and empty room beyond it. She took a deep breath, clutched her fists, and walked into the building.

A white light filled her sight and then the edges of her vision were tinted red. There was a roar in her ears and seconds later the white light faded. She recognized the room she now stood in from the earlier connection with Superboy. But in the middle of that room, the hooded figure was standing over Superboy who wasn't moving and laughing at him. The figure threw back her hood and Megan was stunned. All Megan could focus on was a young, white-haired, beautiful girl about her size leaning over her boyfriend who was smiling back. Her vision went totally red and her blood felt like it was on fire. The next thing she knew was a foul-tasting potion being forced down her throat by Robin; and, Rocket and Aqualad had her pinned as she choked. Then ice water fell all over them.

"Now will you chill out, please?" the white-haired girl ordered, "so I can lift the spell off Superboy. My lord Sea Serpent." She walked away from them.

Zatanna continued the strange girl's ranting. "Why put out a trap spell that makes a berserker? What were they thinking? It's crazy as well as dangerous to everyone."

The girl turned around and snapped, "I never knew about that one. We'll ask them when they finally show."

Megan looked around alarmed; the entire team was staring at her. They looked well enough. Black Canary appeared before her and cupped Megan's face in her hands. "Megan, do you know who I am?" she asked calmly and yet carefully.

"Black Canary… what happened? Why are Aqualad and Rocket…?" Megan paused as they slowly let her go.

"You were attacking everyone, Megan," Artemis explained.

Aqualad added, "You threw Mirror out of the room into us. After realizing what the spell involved and helped us cure you while we…"

"It's fine…" the girl snapped helping Superboy to his feet, "Nothing more needs to be said about it."

"But…" Kid Flash began.

The girl held up her hand and cut him off. Her voice was gentle, soft yet firm, "We are all safe and lock down should be over. Let's go to the kitchen, tend the injuries, and have dinner."

"Who are you? What happened?" Megan demanded shaking her head clear, "And where's this Mirror man? I got few things to say to him." Then Artemis snickered and Megan noticed everyone suddenly looked like they were trying not to laugh as well. "What now?"

"Man? Him?" the girl repeated with a warm smile and gestured toward the team that was drenched. The water jumped off of them and sailed through the air into a barrel. "I am afraid, I am Mirror but no man. I would love to know why everyone had that impression. Also, I swear none of the trap spells are mine actually." Then she took pity on Megan and took her arm leading her out of the room and down a hall. "You are probably still dizzy from that spell and I have an excellent tea that will also take the taste of my potion out of your mouth."

"All right," Megan said, "but what happened? Who was that person attacking Superboy and Canary earlier?"

Mirror blinked and then her eyes lit up, "Oh, you were the one spying on us during the spar. I'm sorry. If I had known Superboy was friends with a telepath I wouldn't have been so hasty to raise the other shields." They turned into a large kitchen. "Kid Flash, could you help me set the table, while I make Megan that tea?" She pointed the correct drawers and cupboards while she went to an area filled with herbs.

"No problem," he told her and zipped back and forth.

Black Canary took the moment to comfort Megan. "This was a training session. Mirror was able to make the ice copy of Superboy to train against. Then we made teams and sparred together."

"That was a copy. Well, what about the monster that was beside her?"

"Are you referring to my familiar?" Mirror asked handed a mug of warm but not steaming liquid. "Ma Vie is not a monster." She turned away and began to set out the food.

Superboy thought to Megan, "At least you didn't call Ma Vie an it. She really didn't like that… You ok?"

"I think so," she said and tried the tea. "Oh, this lovely." She mentally asked him, "Conner, what did I do under that spell?"

He took her hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. "Mirror is right, we don't need to discuss it. I just don't want to see you that mad ever again."

"Oh wow, what a feast?" Artemis said offering to help Mirror.

"You made all this with kitchen witching," Zatanna said sounding impressed.

Robin added, "How many were you expecting?"

Mirror blushed, "I know, but it's been so long since I had company, I went a little crazy, but it's a good thing now."

As they sat down, Megan asked, "Will you tell us what happened today, from the beginning?"

Mirror smiled, "of course, but a picture is worth a thousand words." She dipped a finger into her water glass and flung the drops to a nearby mirror. "Here are highlights, I think." The large mirror glowed.